Emotional farewell to Emlyn Hughes

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Hundreds of football fans from across the country stood in the rain outside Sheffield Cathedral today to say farewell to Emlyn Hughes, the former Liverpool and England captain, who died last week from a brain tumour.

Some fans wore the red of Liverpool as well as the red of England in memory of one of the country’s favourite footballing sons.

The cathedral was expected to be packed to its 1,700 capacity and one of the first arrivals was Manchester City manager Kevin Keegan who was a team-mate of Hughes for club and country in the 1970s.